I've always just breasted my ducks but want to try plucking them for a couple of recipes. I'm planning on doing the wax in water method. Do you field clean the ducks before doing this? If so, do you get wax in the bird an ruin some meat? Also, if I wanted to keep just the breast but have the skin still on, what's the best method? I was thinking of dry plucking and then singing the few remaining feathers with a torch. Thanks.

One thing duck hunting has taught me is that in prehistoric time, I would probably be a gatherer.

I used that video to guide me through plucking a duck, came out awesome the first time, perfect. The second duck was a bit smaller and I used the left over wax from the first, not enough wax, totally sucked. Go big or go home with the wax...

Thanks. I did the wax and you were right. You need to make sure you have plenty in there. I did 1 block for my first and it just wasn't enough. The leftover wax plus 1 more block did the second nicely. I imagine the wide pot played in to it as the floating wax layer was not as deep. But, the bird looks good. Thanks.

One thing duck hunting has taught me is that in prehistoric time, I would probably be a gatherer.